Hi guys, my brother is ana to eggs and has been since he was 3. Never had an issue with chicken or turkey but in the past few years, if chicken wasn't cooked REALLY well, like in the oven or something, he would get an itchy mouth. Now, the past few times he eats chicken, regardless of how it's cooked, he has to take benadryl because he gets a lump in his throat. And, last night, my mom made turkey and he took 2 bites and had to take benadryl and he was fine after.

Have you heard of this happening before?? I knew it was possible with chicken but do chicken and turkey really share similar proteins? What about other birds? We found a farm near us that sells organic (not that that makes a difference with allergies, I know) guinea fowl...apparently they're good but do you think that would be a problem too?

He wants to stay away from poultry for a while. Is that a good choice? Like, avoiding is obviously a must for now but I'm scared that when he tries to reintroduce it, it will be worse.

Any help would be great. He's 24.

Thanks!

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Last edited by ~Lisa~ on Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.

My only guess would be maybe if it's bought at a supermarket, it could be the hormones that are added or injected to the turkey, and they might contain an egg protein. I have to be very careful about what turkey to feed my daughter, so I usually stick to chicken. Either way, meats are interesting of course, because my daughter is allergic to beef (and I didn't think that was possible) so I assume it's possible to be allergic to poultry.

The prevalence of allergy to chicken meat ranges from 0.6% to 5% in food allergic subjects. Subjects with chicken meat allergy can be divided into two groups. The first group presents allergic symptoms without clinical reactions to hen's egg protein, while the second group can be a subset of patients with so-called "bird-egg syndrome" who are allergic to chicken meat as well as to egg yolk and other bird allergens from serum and feathers.
Cross-reactivity to other avian meats and egg yolk, respectively, is due to serum albumins. Chicken serum albumin is the major chicken meat allergen.

FYI, my 6 year old is allergic to eggs...and chicken but not turkey. My allergist has 2 other patients with chicken / egg allergy. One is allergic to ALL bird meat as well and the other one just chicken.

i know this is an old post...but i wanted to add...my son is allergic to eggs..and has tested positive for turkey and chicken..this past time he's tested positive for chicken but not turkey. we did keep him away from those things when we first found out ..but the following year they were negative.

he still eats them now..but isn't crazy about either..so i don't force him to

williamsmummy, he is fine with both corn and soya but good idea. Although, I thought that whatever animals eat gets digested and doesn't really affect us? Anyways, in this case it's fine because he is definitely ok with both.
Thanks!

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Allergies to all nuts and legumes except soy and green beans.

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